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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

May 15, 2018Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2018, 2:57 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 33 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2018, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 3:00 PM EDT	HAIL 2	4 Se Livingston, NY
May 15, 3:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Copake, NY
May 15, 3:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Ne Copake, NY
May 15, 3:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Ancram, NY
May 15, 3:13 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 N Canaan, CT
May 15, 3:36 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Falls Village, CT	TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON SALMON KILL ROAD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 1:03 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

125 
WFUS51 KALY 151857
TORALY
CTC005-MAC003-NYC021-027-151930-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0003.180515T1857Z-180515T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
257 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Litchfield County in northern Connecticut...
  Southwestern Berkshire County in western Massachusetts...
  Northeastern Dutchess County in east central New York...
  South central Columbia County in east central New York...

* Until 330 PM EDT.
    
* At 257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Ancram, or 16 miles southeast of Hudson, moving
  east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Copake around 300 PM EDT.
  Millerton around 305 PM EDT.
  Sheffield, Canaan, Ashley Falls and Falls Village around 315 PM 
  EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Sodom,
Pachin Mills, Ancramdale, South Canaan, Wangum Village, Gomorrah,
Salisbury, Alander, Southfield and Taconic.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Please report hail size...damaging winds and reports of trees down to
the National Weather Service by email at Alb.Stormreport@noaa.gov...
On Facebook at www.facebook.com/nwsalbany or twitter @nwsalbany
&&

LAT...LON 4197 7375 4210 7371 4216 7319 4185 7328
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 273DEG 41KT 4205 7362 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

JEC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Greene, Schoharie	47 min
May 15, 10:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	61 min
May 15, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	30 min
May 15, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster	50 min
May 15, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	40 min
May 15, 2:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster	29 min
May 15, 2:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Ulster	42 min
May 15, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	53 min
May 15, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster	62 min
May 15, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	38 min
May 15, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	56 min
May 15, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	48 min
May 15, 3:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Ulster	24 min
May 15, 4:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	30 min
May 15, 3:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	22 min
May 15, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	32 min
May 15, 4:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	19 min
May 15, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	17 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New York, 2018 Tornado Warnings in Massachusetts, 2018 Tornado Warnings in Connecticut, 2018 Every tornado warning in 2018 Tornadoes in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.